respect-validation/docs/validators/Alnum.md
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- Remove redundant "valid" prefix:
   Date, DateTime, DateTimeDiff, Domain, Email, Iban, Imei, Ip, Isbn, Json, LanguageCode, LeapDate, LeapYear, Luhn, MacAddress, NfeAccessKey, Nif, Nip, Pesel, Phone, Pis, PolishIdCard, PostalCode, Roman, Slug, Tld, Url, Uuid, Version.

 - Remove redundant "value" suffix
   ArrayVal, BoolVal, Countable, FloatVal, IntVal, IterableVal, NumericVal, ScalarVal, StringVal.

 - Standardize "consist only of" phrasing
   Alnum, Alpha, Cntrl, Consonant, Digit, Graph, Lowercase, Printable, Punct, Space, Spaced, Uppercase, Vowel, Xdigit.

 - Improve file accessibility messages
   Directory, Executable, File, Image, Readable, SymbolicLink, Writable.

 - Improve grammar and article usage
   CreditCard, Extension, Mimetype, Regex, Size.
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Alnum

  • Alnum()
  • Alnum(string ...$additionalChars)

Validates whether the input is alphanumeric or not.

Alphanumeric is a combination of alphabetic (a-z and A-Z) and numeric (0-9) characters.

v::alnum(' ')->assert('foo 123');
// Validation passes successfully

v::alnum()->assert('foo 123');
// → "foo 123" must consist only of letters (a-z) and digits (0-9)

v::alnum()->assert('100%');
// → "100%" must consist only of letters (a-z) and digits (0-9)

v::alnum('%')->assert('100%');
// Validation passes successfully

v::alnum('%', ',')->assert('10,5%');
// Validation passes successfully

You can restrict case using the Lowercase and Uppercase validators.

v::alnum()->uppercase()->assert('example');
// → "example" must consist only of uppercase letters

Message template for this validator includes {{additionalChars}} as the string of extra chars passed as the parameter.

Templates

Alnum::TEMPLATE_STANDARD

Mode Template
default {{subject}} must consist only of letters (a-z) and digits (0-9)
inverted {{subject}} must not consist only of letters (a-z) or digits (0-9)

Alnum::TEMPLATE_EXTRA

Mode Template
default {{subject}} must consist only of letters (a-z), digits (0-9), or {{additionalChars}}
inverted {{subject}} must not consist only of letters (a-z), digits (0-9), or {{additionalChars}}

Template placeholders

Placeholder Description
additionalChars Additional characters that are considered valid.
subject The validated input or the custom validator name (if specified).

Categorization

  • Strings

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Templates changed
2.0.0 Removed support to whitespaces by default
0.3.9 Created

See Also